point. Sometimes logical tautologies like "Boys will be boys" are conflated with language tautologies, but a language tautology is not inherently true,... 8 KB (885 words) - 23:53, 6 March 2024 |
Look up tautology in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tautology may refer to: Tautology (language), a redundant statement in literature and rhetoric Tautology... 594 bytes (100 words) - 16:54, 13 June 2023 |
In mathematical logic, a tautology (from Greek: ταυτολογία) is a formula or assertion that is true in every possible interpretation. An example is "x=y... 21 KB (2,970 words) - 09:11, 29 March 2024 |
Simile (section In languages other than English) comparisons) Metaphor Metonymy Personification Phono-semantic matching Tautology (language) Simile aria The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms... 8 KB (837 words) - 16:14, 19 April 2024 |
Loaded language Moving the goalposts Persuasive definition Reification (fallacy) Republican in Name Only Special pleading Tautology (language) True Pole... 7 KB (872 words) - 15:23, 16 April 2024 |
is no way of changing it", which is no longer a tautology: "Structuring the sentiment as a tautology allows it to appear inescapable." At the same time... 5 KB (635 words) - 00:40, 9 December 2023 |
Famous for being famous (category Popular culture language) Keeping Up with the Kardashians Reality television Socialite Tarento Tautology (language) Jenkins, Joe (2002). Contemporary moral issues. Examining Religions... 10 KB (1,063 words) - 09:36, 4 February 2024 |
Hyperbole (category Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text) of speech Litotes and meiosis, forms of deliberate understatement Tautology (language) "hyperbole". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved... 8 KB (855 words) - 12:40, 26 April 2024 |
Redundancy (linguistics) (redirect from Redundancy (language)) formal speech Tautology (language) – In literary criticism, repeating an idea Bussmann, Hadumod (2006). Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics... 6 KB (696 words) - 18:33, 12 February 2024 |
device Tautology (language) – In literary criticism, repeating an idea Platitude – Trite, prosaic, or cliché truism Safire, William (2006). "On language: Tautophrases"... 2 KB (269 words) - 22:38, 29 March 2024 |